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guitarpro 04.03.2006 10:11 AM

Faveorite sonic bass lines
 
Some of mine are:

Making The Nature Scene
She Is Not Alone
Inhuman
Death Valley 69
The World Looks Red
Flower
The Good And The Bad

Toxa 04.03.2006 10:31 AM

the good and the bad
early american

Inhuman 04.03.2006 11:23 AM

Inhuman

Trasher02 04.03.2006 11:38 AM

tough one it's hard too hear it with all the shredding guitar pieces in between

Inhuman 04.03.2006 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trasher02
tough one it's hard too hear it with all the shredding guitar pieces in between


What I do if it's difficult is turn treble and mid down to 0 and bass to full on an equalizer and it works like a charm!

Hip Priest 04.03.2006 11:59 AM

I like the understated but rumbling of the bass on 'Starpower'.

'Sleeping Around' has a well groovey bassline. And great drumming to accompany it.

krastian 04.03.2006 01:00 PM

Death Valley 69 and Macbeth come to mind.....

CHOUT 04.03.2006 01:08 PM

The Burning Spear is simplicity at its finest.
Kool Thing's middle section always gets me.
Protect Me You is creepy and minimal (good job on bass, Lee)
Waist comes to mind. A nice descending line.
Catholic Block for its sheer harmonic fucked-upness. Riding C# when the key is F# in the main section adds much tension.
The Good And The Bad with that fucked up Gang Of 4/pseudo disco feel.

doctor dan 04.03.2006 01:31 PM

burning spear is really cool, but my fave is theresa's sounds world, in the heavy section it goes completely insane...

Spiritual Amnesia 04.03.2006 02:32 PM

the good and the bad
inhuman
death valley 69
making the nature scene

Lethrneck4 04.03.2006 02:34 PM

i gotta go with Youth aganist Facism.....as simple as it is, i love it....extremely powerful and fuzzy as hell

SkDc 04.03.2006 04:01 PM

youth against facism
mildred pierce

sellouteater 04.03.2006 04:04 PM

Making The Nature Scene
its really easy to play, too

DoubleNickels 04.03.2006 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHOUT
Catholic Block for its sheer harmonic fucked-upness. Riding C# when the key is F# in the main section adds much tension.



Do you mean C? If F# is the key then C# is just the fifth, wouldn't create much tension at all...

guitarpro 04.03.2006 04:24 PM

I love sleeping around its a great song and has Lee ever played bass on any other SY songs

fullchromelogic 04.03.2006 04:29 PM

protect me you
brave men run
bone
bull in the heather
inhuman
the diamond sea
mildred pierce
youth against fascism
sugar kane
there's bound to be more, oh yes, there's more

CHOUT 04.03.2006 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoubleNickels
Do you mean C? If F# is the key then C# is just the fifth, wouldn't create much tension at all...

Yes It's C#, a 5th above F#. Figure out the parts on guitar/bass and tell me what has more tension, the bass playing the root or the fifth.

SonikJesus 04.03.2006 05:37 PM

I like the bass line in brave men run and The Burning Spear.

HaydenAsche 04.03.2006 06:27 PM

The entire CIS/KYI.

noumenal 04.03.2006 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHOUT
Yes It's C#, a 5th above F#. Figure out the parts on guitar/bass and tell me what has more tension, the bass playing the root or the fifth.


CHOUT is totally right. Also what's cool is when the bass moves up to D for the first jam. It's like a deceptive cadence....

samuel 04.03.2006 07:04 PM

The Good and the Bad
Shoot
Skink

DoubleNickels 04.03.2006 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noumenal
CHOUT is totally right. Also what's cool is when the bass moves up to D for the first jam. It's like a deceptive cadence....


Shit, you're both right. Never listen to me. I forgot about it in the context of the song.

hey alex 04.03.2006 11:00 PM

my fav bazz linez
the good n the bad
burning spear
i love her all the time (so simple, but it holds the song together)
youth against facism
bone
kill yr idols
shoot or JC... i froget which one, maybe both.

CHOUT 04.03.2006 11:08 PM

I was gonna say Bone too, but I think I read Kim is playing a guitar. That's a great part though.

hey alex 04.03.2006 11:28 PM

yea, it's on my list of things to learn

CHOUT 04.04.2006 02:28 AM

Androgynous Mind is pretty fucked up and cool. Kim is playing high notes that almost sound random, then hits a few lower notes with distortion on then back to the higher notes.

connie kreski 04.04.2006 02:39 AM

androgynous mind (love the "start/stop" bass line)

doctor dan 04.04.2006 12:11 PM

doesnt lee play bass on one of the ep tracks?

Inhuman 04.04.2006 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doctor dan
doesnt lee play bass on one of the ep tracks?


I wouldn't be surprised. Kim played drums for a few songs I think

AllHandsOnTheBigOne 04.04.2006 12:35 PM

I really like the part where the bass kicks in on "Bull in the Heather". But usually the bass is just about the last thing I'm concentrating on when listening to the yoof. Well, other than the lyrics.

Grete 04.04.2006 12:59 PM

death valley '69!!!!!

Toxa 04.04.2006 04:07 PM

btw... "Hey Joni" have a great bass line at the end!

jss 04.04.2006 09:07 PM

Shoot comes to mind immediately.

Torn Curtain 04.05.2006 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jss
Shoot comes to mind immediately.


Yeah, it's maybe my fave.

nneureiter 08.22.2006 11:17 AM

I found this old thread and wanted to ressurect it. Interesting to note that when I first started listening to SY, one of my fav songs was Wish Fulfillment, because of what I thought was the bass line. Then I heard that Kim was playing guitar. So, is that bass line guitar or is someone else playing it? Whoever it is, it's my all time fav. So random and hitting every note but the root notes, but it sounds soooo good.
Stones, Rain on Tin, Dirty Boots, Teenage Riot are some of my other fav's to play on bass. I love the way Kim slides up to notes, kind of like the Sugar Cane line.

the ikara cult 08.22.2006 12:46 PM

Shoot, Titanium Expose, the end of Expressway, the list goes on.

baby bulldog 08.22.2006 01:07 PM

The bass on Dude Ranch Nurse is really melodic.Not sure if it's Jim or Kim.

jennthebenn 08.22.2006 02:12 PM

shoot
plastic sun
brave men run

whorefrost 08.22.2006 02:51 PM

Helen Lundeberg

LittlePuppetBoy 08.22.2006 03:15 PM

Sugat Kane
My Friend Goo (it's super easy, but....)
Shoot


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